<font size=2 face="sans-serif">To my knowledge, the background and transparency
options do not work with version 1.8. Try upgrading to one of the
available more recent versions. Stephen McMillan</font><br><br><br><table width=100%><tr valign=top><td width=40%><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>Karagiannidis Sakis <thankar@GEO.AUTH.GR></b></font><br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT</font><p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">03/21/2009 12:25 PM</font><table border><tr valign=top><td bgcolor=white><div align=center><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Please respond to<br>GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT</font></div></table><br><td width=59%><table width=100%><tr valign=top><td><div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">To</font></div><td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">GRADSUSR@LIST.CINECA.IT</font><tr valign=top><td><div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">cc</font></div><td><tr valign=top><td><div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Subject</font></div><td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">printim problem</font></table><br><table><tr valign=top><td><td></table><br></table><br><br><font size=3>Dear GrADS users.</font><br><font size=3>I' m trying to use "printim" to create an image
with background. For example, to illustrate the vorticity field over a
background of topography created with makebg.gs. The problem is that "printim"
does not work properly with the desired arguments. Whenever i use an expresion
analogous to "printim image.gif -b mybkg.png -t 0" (as stated
in </font><a href=http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/gadocindex.html><font size=3 color=blue><u>http://www.iges.org/grads/gadoc/gadocindex.html</u></font></a><font size=3>)
i get the message</font><br><font size=3>"PRINTIM error: Invalid option; ignored".
</font><br><font size=3>However, whenever i use the experesion "printim image.gif
gif x800 y600" i works perfectly.</font><br><font size=3>Can anyone help me with this problem?</font><br><font size=3>I'm using GrADS 1.8 (native windows or with x-server)
with windows xp operating system.</font><br><br><font size=3>Thanx in advance.</font><br><font size=3> </font><br><br><tt><font size=3>--</font></tt><br><tt><font size=3>Athanasios F. Karagiannidis</font></tt><br><tt><font size=3>Physicist, MSc Meteorology and Climatology</font></tt><br><tt><font size=3>Department of Meteorology and Climatology</font></tt><br><tt><font size=3>School of Geology - A.U.Th.</font></tt><br><tt><font size=3>E-mail: </font></tt><a href=mailto:thankar@geo.auth.gr><tt><font size=3 color=blue><u>thankar@geo.auth.gr</u></font></tt></a><br><br><br><BR>
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